Plenty of ups and downs for these participants so far this campaign, situated in positions near the center of the J-League table. Here's the Avispa Fukuoka - Kyoto Sanga latest:
- Avispa Fukuoka have the fewest conceded goals (18) in J-League
- Kyoto Sanga have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in J-League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
2 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Avispa Fukuoka have to build on here at Best Denki Stadium in the J-League.
Happy days for Avispa Fukuoka in their previous game, a fixture away at Júbilo Iwata (placed 16th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Finally, a league win after five fixtures without. The attacker Yamagishi was named "man of the match" for Fukuoka with a rating of 7.83/10. Yamagishi scored one goal.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Tokyo that finished 2-2.Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 20 league matches, 15 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Avispa Fukuoka, as the Emperor Cup home game vs V-Varen Nagasaki is only three days away.
Avispa Fukuoka aren't scoring a lot here at Best Denki Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 10 games. Avispa Fukuoka have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kyoto Sanga so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
Kyoto are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Urawa Reds (placed 11th). Kamifukumoto (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.42. Kamifukumoto saved a penalty.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Consadole Sapporo.Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's most recent 12 league rounds have contained two or less goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Emperor Cup trip to Tochigi.
Kyoto Sanga are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). 13 goals have been conceded by Kyoto in these games.
Head 2 Head
Kyoto Sanga - Avispa Fukuoka 0-1 was the product when these squads previously met, earlier this season. Numbers for the previous ten meetings between these two contenders are: five wins for Fukuoka, two draws and three wins for Kyoto Sanga. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  P. Utaka 9 goals |   Y. Yamagishi 5 goals | L. Araújo de Almeida 3 goals |
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Avispa Fukuoka | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 70% | 50% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 35% | 30% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 25% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 30% | 30% |
| 25% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 25% |
| 10% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 30% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 45% | 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 20% |
| 55% | 60% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 35% |
| 4 | 4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 6.5 | 5.4 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.1 | 9.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.3 | 8.1 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 27% | 24% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 44% | 36% |
| 7.5 | 8.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 12.8 | 11.8 |
| 3 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5 | 5 |
- Avispa Fukuoka have the fewest conceded goals (18) in J-League
- Kyoto Sanga have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in J-League
- Kyoto Sanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 43 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 38 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 34 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | Kashiwa Reysol | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 27 |
| 9 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 11 | Urawa Reds | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -17 | 23 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 16 | Júbilo Iwata | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 17 |
| 18 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -10 | 17 |
